Oil barrel



March 12, 1929' McCALL 1,705,157

OIL BARREL Filed June 24, 1926 [a INVENTOR,

ATTORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 12, 1929.

UNITED/STAT S,

THADDEUS MCGALIJLOF IMPERIAL, CALIFORNIA.

Application filed June 24,.

This invention relates to improvements in oil barrels, and the general object of the 1nvention is to provide an oil barrel with means whereby the barrel, after the oil has been removed therefrom, may be readily converted into a stove.

A more particular object is to PlOVlClO. a barrel of the character statedwhich will be simple in construction, efficient in use and inexpensive to manufacture.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel and useful provision, formation, construction, combination, association and relative arrangementof parts, members and features, all asheremafter described, shown in the drawing, and. finally pointed out in claims.

V In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of an oil barrel embodying my invention, shown converted into a stove; I

Figure 2 is a plan view of said barrel, as shown in Fig. 1;

Figure 3. is a verticallongitudinal section-0f the barrel shown closed for containing oil;

Figure 4: is a frontview of the stovedraft regulator applied to the faucet outlet in the lower front part of the barrel;

Figure 5 is a vertical section of the draft regulator taken on line 55 of Fig. l;

Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 66 of Fig. 2, showingthe stove lid fitted in the barrel inlet;

Figure 7 is a vertical sectional view taken on. the line 7- 7 of Fig. 2, showing the stove pipe fitted over the faucet outlet in the top of the barrel; and,

Figure 8 is a plan view of; said barrel as shown in Fig. 3. g 7

Corresponding parts in all the figures are designated by the same reference characters.

Referring withzparticularity to the draw ing, I have shown a metal oil barrel A including a cylindrical wall a, a bottom a, top a faucet outlet 1 in the lower part of said cylindrical wall, andthe cover 2 for said outlet, faucet outlet 3 in the top a, and the cover 4 for said outlet, and the oil inlet 5 in the top, and the cover 6 for said inlet, the lower and upper edges of the cylindrical wall (text-ending respectively below'and'above the bottom a and the top a the outlet 1 by bolts 7 and nuts 8, and is pro vided with a threaded opening 9 to receive the threaded end of a faucet (not shown) which opening isclosed by a screw plug 10 the top by bolts 13 and nuts l t.

The cover 2 is bolted over OIL BARREL.

1926. SerialNo. 118,198..

when the faucet is not screwed thereon (see Fig. 3).. i

he outlet 3 in the tops of the-barrelv is formed with an upstanding external flange 11 over which is-fitted the cover 4,- which is formed with an external flange 12 bolted to The cover formed with a central depicssion'lfilitting in the outlet 3 and provided with a threadcdfaucet opening 16,,which opening is closed by a threaded plug 17 when the faucet is not screwed in theopening,th e depression 15. being adapted to position the top of the plug below the upper edge a of the cylindrical wall of the barrel.

The oil inlet 5 isformed with a counter-' sunk internal annular fiange l8 and thecover 6 isbolted to the barrel top a over said inlet by bolts 19 and nuts 20.. v I 1' I When the oil isremovedfrom 'the'barrel through faucets screwed inthe openings 9 and 16, the nuts 8, 14 and 20 are unscrewed sure member by a swivel joint 29, there beingv outwardly and the closure 27 moved outwardly from the plate 26, air'passes between the closure and said plate through the inlets 32 into the barrel, the amount of air being regulated by the distance bet-ween the closure member and said plate as regulated by the screw 28. The cover'G being removed from the inlet 5, fuel is introduced into the barrel through said inlet and a stove lid 35 is placed over said inlet upon the flange 18. The cover 7 4 being removed from the opening 3, a stove pipe 36 is fitted over the upstanding flange 11 around the outlet 3, through whichjoutlet and pipe the products of combustion of the,

burning fuel pass. 1' V p It is obvious that many changes and variations may be made in the general and partic- 1,765,157 smear Fries.

ular construction of the device and its parts and features, in relation to the recitals hereinabove made in that regard, in practicing.

the invention, and in. adapting it to varying conditions of use and service, without departing from the true spirit of the invention.

Having thus disclosed my invention, I

claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. An oil barrel comprising a shell, heads secured fluid-tight in the lower and upper provided with a faucet outlet in the lower end thereof, a cover for said latter faucet outlet, and means for detachably securing said cover fluid-tighten said shell over said latter faucet outlet.

2. An oil barrel comprising a shell, heads secured fluid-tight 1n the lower and'upper ends of said'shell respectively, said upper head being provided with an oil inlet and a. faucet outlet, a depressed internal annular flange formed around the edge .of said oil inlet, a cover for said'oil'inlet; means for detachably securing said cover on said upper head over said oil inlet, an external annular upstanding flange formed around the edge of said faucet outlet, a cover for said faucet outlet, means for detachably securing said cover fluid-tight on said upper head over said faucet outlet, said shell being provided with a faucet outletin the lowerend thereof, a cover for said latter faucet outlet, and means for detachably securing said cover fluid-tight on said shell over said latter faucet outlet.

3. An oil barrel comprising a shell, heads secured fluid-tight in the lower and'upper fiends respectively of said'shell, said upper headbeing provided with an oil inlet and a faucet outlet arrangeddiametrically opposite each other, said shell being provided with a faucet outlet arrangeddiametrically opposite the faucet outlet in said upper head, covers forsaid o1l inlet andsaid faucet outlets respectively, and means for detachably' securing said covers fluid-tight over said oil inlet and said'faucet outlets respectively.

In. testimony whereof, I have signed'my name to this specification.

THADDEUS D; MCCALL. 

